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#ifndef _HL7_BASESEGMENT_H_
#define _HL7_BASESEGMENT_H_

#include <hl7/common.hpp>
#include <hl7/hl7object.hpp>
#include <hl7/segment.hpp>

namespace hl7 {
    /**
     * \class hl7segment
     * \brief Container/manager for segment types in HL7 message. 
     *
     */
    class hl7segment : public hl7object {

        public:
            hl7segment(const std::string &data,
                       const std::string &rsep = "\r",
                       const std::string &fsep = "|",
                       const std::string &ssep = "^");

            ~hl7segment() {};

            std::vector<segment>::iterator inline begin(void) { return s.begin(); };
            std::vector<segment>::iterator inline end(void) { return s.end(); };

            void push(const std::vector<std::string> &fields);
            virtual void push(const hl7segment &fields);
            virtual int count(void);

            std::string tostring() { return std::string("HL7 Segment: " + odata); };
            segment & operator[](const int idx);
            friend std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream &out, hl7segment &s);


        private:
            hl7segment();
            hl7segment(const hl7object &o);
            std::vector<segment> s;
    };

    std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream &out, const hl7segment &s);
};

#endif
